Английская Википедия:1983–84 Rugby Football League season

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The 1983–84 Rugby Football League season was the 89th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1983 until May, 1984 for the Slalom Lager Championship.

The Second Division was increased to 18 clubs with the introduction of Kent Invicta, who played their home fixtures at Maidstone, this season.

Rule changes

End of possession:

• A "handover" was introduced after the sixth tackle, replacing the scrum that had previously been formed at that point. The team receiving possession would now play-the-ball to carry on play.
• Scrum rules were changed which meant the non offending side had head and ball advantage, effectively making the scrum a non contest.

Value of a try:

• The number of points a team scored from a try increased from three to four. The aim of this change was to "incentivise scoring tries" over kicking penalty goals, which were worth two points, because the tries were more entertaining.

Temporary suspension:

• The 10-minute "sin bin" was introduced.

Season summary

In September 1983, the ban on international transfers between England and Australia was lifted. This resulted in a big influx of Australian players being signed by clubs on short-term contracts, most notably Test stand-off and future Australia captain Wally Lewis, who signed for Wakefield Trinity.

Slalom Lager League Champions: Hull Kingston Rovers

Hull Kingston Rovers finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fifth championship, and also the Rugby League Premiership competition, this was the first occasion the 'Championship / Premiership Double' had been achieved.

State Express Challenge Cup Winners: Widnes (19-6 v Wigan)

John Player Special Trophy Winners: Leeds (18-10 v Widnes). During the competition, Danny Wilson of Swinton scored a record 5 drop goals in the tie against Hunslet on 6 Nov 1983.

Slalom Lager Premiership Trophy Winners: Hull Kingston Rovers (18-10 v Castleford)

Barrow (from Cumbria) beat Widnes 12–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Castleford 13–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup

1983/84 Queensland Tour

At the end of the 1983 seasons in Qld and NSW, the Queensland team also toured Papua New Guinea and England. Their tour of Great Britain saw them play three matches. The first against Hull Kingston Rovers resulted in an 8–6 loss, though the Wally Lewis-led Maroons then easily won their remaining matches against Wigan (40–2) and Leeds (58–2)

League Tables

Championship

Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Файл:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers	30	22	2	6	795	421	+374	46
2	Файл:Hullcolours.svg Hull	30	22	1	7	831	401	+430	45
3	Файл:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington	30	19	2	9	622	528	+94	40
4	Файл:Cascolours.png Castleford	30	18	3	9	686	438	+248	39
5	Файл:Widnes colours.svg Widnes	30	19	1	10	656	457	+199	39
6	Файл:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens	30	18	1	11	649	507	+142	37
7	Файл:Bullscolours.svg Bradford Northern	30	17	2	11	519	379	+140	36
8	Файл:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds	30	15	3	12	553	514	+39	33
9	Файл:Wigancolours.svg Wigan	30	16	0	14	533	465	+68	32
10	Файл:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham	30	15	2	13	544	480	+64	32
11	Файл:Leigh colours.svg Leigh	30	14	0	16	623	599	+24	28
12	Файл:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	30	11	2	17	464	562	-98	24
13	Fulham	30	9	1	20	401	694	-293	19
14	Файл:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity	30	7	0	23	415	780	-365	14
15	Файл:Redscolours.svg Salford	30	5	0	25	352	787	-435	10
16	Файл:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven	30	3	0	27	325	956	-631	6

Second Division

	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Barrow	34	32	0	2	1126	332	64
2	Workington Town	34	24	2	8	714	504	50
3	Hunslet	34	24	0	10	900	597	48
4	Halifax	34	23	2	9	722	539	48
5	Blackpool Borough	34	20	3	11	615	466	43
6	Swinton	34	21	0	13	764	437	42
7	York	34	19	2	13	743	570	40
8	Bramley	34	16	2	16	584	545	34
9	Kent Invicta	34	17	0	17	595	700	34
10	Huddersfield	34	15	3	16	600	545	33
11	Cardiff City Blue Dragons	34	15	1	18	710	717	31
12	Rochdale Hornets	34	13	3	18	551	667	29
13	Batley	34	13	0	21	477	738	26
14	Dewsbury	34	12	0	22	526	698	24
15	Carlisle	34	12	0	22	539	780	24
16	Huyton	34	9	2	23	431	760	20
17	Keighley	34	7	3	24	425	728	17
18	Doncaster	34	2	1	31	384	1083	5

Champions

Play-offs

Promoted

Relegated

Challenge Cup

Шаблон:Main The 1983-84 State Express Challenge Cup was won by Widnes after defeating Wigan 19-6 in the final.

The Final was played at Wembley before a crowd of 80,116.

Sources

• 1983-84 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Шаблон:Webarchive